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PREP SPORTS: ‘The community will always have your back’: Cold Springs’ Josh Winfrey reflects on Eagle years
BREMEN, Ala. — Cold Springs’ senior Josh Winfrey played multiple sports in high school and had a great career. He talked about one of his favorite memories, plus some of his favorite awards. He had a blast playing with so many great players and learned some important things from a couple of them. “My favorite memory playing sports is winning area last baseball season. We were the first team in thirty years at Cold Springs to win area. My favorite awards during my time playing sports were being All-County four times in three different sports,” Winfrey said. “During my career, I...
West Point Scholars Bowl team headed back to national championship
WEST POINT, Ala. – The West Point High School Scholars Bowl team will attend the National Academic Quiz Tournaments’ High School National Championship Tournament in Atlanta this weekend, qualifying with its victory at the Cullman County High School Scholar Bowl Tournament, and following its best-ever second place finish at the 2024 NAQT Small School National Championship. West Point will step into a 320-team field on Friday, May 24, 2024, including other Alabama teams from Arab, Decatur and Madison. This will be West Point’s eighth trip to the national tournament. Jeff Hoppes, NAQT vice president for communications, wrote, “Quiz bowl is a competitive,...
LIST: School delays in central Alabama for May 9
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Several schools across central Alabama announced they will be delayed Thursday due to possible severe weather. Severe storms re-develop across North Alabama early this morning and slide Southeast. These storms will be in an environment very supportive of damaging winds, large hail, and frequent lightning. A lull in the storms is […]
Read-Learn-Grow leans on community
WEST POINT — At Thursday’s noon-hour meeting of the West Point Rotary Club. Dr. Joe Downs and wife Debra talked about the Read-Learn-Grow program they are volunteers for at West Point Elementary School. Read-Learn-Grow is a program within the Troup County School System in which trained and approved community volunteers commit one hour a week […] The post Read-Learn-Grow leans on community appeared first on Valley Times-News.
‘To say I’m proud is an understatement’
WPHS Scholars Bowl team finishes 2nd in nation at national small school championship WEST POINT, Ala. — The West Point High School Scholars Bowl team on Sunday, April 28, 2024, placed No. 2 in the nation at the National Academic Quiz Tournament LLC’s 2024 Small School National Championship Tournament, with Brodie Henry taking the second highest individual honors. “The kids and I knew that we were ‘in the conversation’ for the National Championship all year,” said coach Lee Henry. “That’s an awkward place to be. The expectations are just so high and the stress gets to you. We went into every game...
Ready for the real world: Lawrence County teacher honored for her contributions to career tech
A Lawrence County Career Technical Center educator, helping lead the charge in electronics and robotics, is being recognized for her dedication and unique teaching style on the national stage.
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